Unit 3
Utopian Promise
Puritan and Quaker Utopian Visions, 1620-1750
Authors and Works 121
Overview Questions 121
Learning Objectives 121
Overview 122
Video Overview 122
Discussion Questions for the Video 124
Timeline 124
Author/Text Review 126
William Bradford (1590-1657) 126
Questions 127
Web Archive 127
Thomas Morton (c. 1579-1647) 127
Questions 128
Web Archive 128
John Winthrop (1588-1649) 129
Questions 130
Web Archive 130
Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612-1672) 130
Questions 131
Web Archive 131
Mary Rowlandson (c. 1636-1711) 133
Questions 133
Web Archive 134
Edward Taylor (c. 1642-1729) 134
Questions 135
Web Archive 136
William Penn (1644-1718) 136
Questions 137
Web Archive 137
Sarah Kemble Knight (1666-1727) 138
Web Archive 139
John Woolman (1720-1772) 139
Questions 140
Web Archive 140
Samson Occom (1723-1792) 141
Questions 142
Web Archive 143
Core Contexts 143
Apocalypse: The End of the World as They Knew It 143
Web Archive 144
Questions 145
Souls in Need of Salvation, Satan’s Agents, or Brothers in Peace?: English Settlers’ Views of Native Americans 146
Web Archive 148
Questions 149
Puritan Typology: Living the Bible 149
Questions 152
Web Archive 152
Extended Contexts 153
The Doctrine of Weaned Affections: In Seeach of Spiritual Milk 153
Questions 154
Web Archive 154
Plain Style: Keeping It Simple 155
Questions 156
Web Archive 156
Assignments 156
Personal and Creative Responses 156
Problem-Based Learning Projects 157
Glossary 158
Selected Bibliography 160
Further Resources 160